This week\u2019s readings \u201cPatriarchy, the system\u201d by Allan G. Johnson and \u201cThere is no Hierarchy of Oppression\u201d by Audre Lorde were so educating and interesting to read. \u201cPatriarchy, the system\u201d explains the idea of patriarchy and Gender knot and how it has existed for years. The second reading \u201cThere is no Hierarchy of Oppression\u201d discusses the oppression of blacks and the LGBTQ+ community. I found both readings to be so enlightening because they discuss the issues we see today in our society. Patriarchy has been of a significant effect on both men and women in many ways and this has been a great problem in our society. Patriarchy is a life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit of the nation. It talks about how men and women are being treated in society. Men are taught to be strong, be violent, be in charge, dominate those around them, and feel superior towards women because it will help them protect their homes and nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patriarchy is\u00a0a\u00a0word that many people\u00a0fail to\u00a0understand or\u00a0do\u00a0not understand. We always believe that patriarchy is the idea that men oppress women and women\u00a0need to\u00a0rise\u00a0and take their power back. However, patriarchy is very much\u00a0complex than what we think because as Allan Johnson said, \u201cPatriarchy is a kind of society organized around certain kinds of social relationship and idea\u201d and \u201ca set of symbols and ideas that make up culture.\u201d\u00a0Patriarchy is not just about\u00a0men and women\u00a0it\u00a0is about a system we are\u00a0all upholding and are part of.\u00a0Someone from our class\u00a0by the name Nazir O also\u00a0explained\u00a0this through their snapshot and it says, \u201cThe Enemy\u00a0is not Men, the Enemy\u00a0is the concept of patriarchy, The concept of Patriarchy\u00a0as the way to run the world or do things.\u201d\u00a0I totally agree with their snapshot because Patriarchy is not just done by Men\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0given to\u00a0men\u00a0and women\u00a0by\u00a0society\u00a0and they have no choice but to go on with it\u00a0and if we are unable to change those who made it,\u00a0they will\u00a0continue to\u00a0give it.\u00a0According to Allan Johnson,\u00a0\u201cwe uphold the system by defining men and masculinity as the oppressor and women & femininity as the \u201cother\u201d group. Johnson also talked about the idea of least resistance which is the idea that with many paths to take in every situation, people tend to take\u00a0the one that will get them the least resistance because of the way our society has shaped our\u00a0perception\u00a0of what is acceptable.\u00a0A member from our class by\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0of\u00a0Hannah Nichols also talked\u00a0about this in\u00a0their\u00a0snapshot. Their snapshot quotes, \u201cthe path of resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men\u201d which\u00a0to my understanding means they\u00a0are a lot of dishonest and crime been done\u00a0by men but sometimes men do get away with\u00a0it unlike when it is done by women.\u00a0Patriarchy made it possible for women to be treated like slaves and unimportant. Women are supposed to endure whatever treatment that is given to them and are not supposed to have equal rights as\u00a0men.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reading, \u201cThere is no Hierarchy of Oppression\u201d by Audre Lorde explains the way Black and LGBTQ+ communities are being oppressed in society. Lorde begins by claiming of her identities \u201cI was born black, and a woman.\u201d She later expands on self-labeling and describes how these aspects of herself interact and how our society reacts to them. They are being defined as deviant, difficult, inferior, or just called plain \u201cWRONG.\u201d According to Lorde sexism, heterosexism, and racism are all rooted in the same struggle for power. The article also explains that no aspect of one\u2019s identity can benefit from the injustice done to another aspect of it. Like Audre said, \u201cAny attack against black people is a lesbian and gay issue, and any attack against lesbian and gays is a black issue because thousands of lesbians & gay means are black.\u201d Also, according to Lorde, they must struggle to keep their identity to make sure their children come out well and make sure those children learn that they do not have to become each other to work together for the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week\u2019s readings \u201cPatriarchy, the system\u201d by Allan G. Johnson and \u201cThere is no Hierarchy of Oppression\u201d by Audre Lorde were so educating and interesting to read. \u201cPatriarchy, the system\u201d explains the idea of patriarchy and Gender knot and how it has existed for years. The second reading \u201cThere is no Hierarchy of Oppression\u201d discusses the oppression of blacks and the LGBTQ+ community. I found both readings to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3946,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-response-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3946"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/fall-2021-gws100-0502\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}